Media Centre

High Level Speakers at AIDS 2014

President Bill Clinton, founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and artist and activist Sir Bob Geldof were among the high-level speakers who joined thousands of the world's top AIDS researchers, community leaders, people living with HIV and policy-makers at AIDS 2014. Read more...

Conference Embargo Policy

In the case of AIDS 2014, as with most scientific/medical conferences, all conference abstracts are released to delegates under a strict embargo policy. Read the embargo policy

The entire AIDS 2014 programme is available online through the online Programme-at-a-Glance (PAG) – so you can see who is presenting what, when.

You can view all conference sessions and speakers, abstract titles and presenters, programme activities and satellites. Links to abstracts, slide presentations, videos, rapporteur reports and e-posters will be added as they become available.

Online app

A faster and more streamlined mobile app is also available this year; the app is available for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play store. By logging onto the App, you will be able to retrieve your itinerary made on the online version of the Programme-at-a-Glance.

Photos and Videos

Online Photo Library

Free, high resolution photos for use by the media and others (with appropriate credit) are available on our online gallery.

YouTube Channel

Videos featuring conference highlights, interviews with key speakers and delegates as well as recorded sessions are available on the conference YouTube Channel.

Resources for Journalists

Media Guide

The AIDS 2014 Media Guide describes the onsite facilities that will be available to accredited journalists in Melbourne and includes practical information to help plan your coverage of the conference.

Background Information

Fact sheets and other background information, including programme highlights, are available here.

Partner Coverage

FHI 360

FHI 360 provided live coverage of digital content being shared on social media such as tweets, posts, digital and hashtag campaigns, op-eds, blogs and more during the conference.

In partnershp with the broadcasting company WebsEdge, the conference provided an on-site AIDS 2014 TV channel featuring programme highlights and interviews.

News Reports by NAM

NAM offered news stories on major scientific presentations and hosted online discussion forums for HIV implementers. NAM also published a free daily news bulletin in English and translated into French, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.

Scientific Analysis by CCO

Clinical Care Options' (CCO) is the official online provider of scientific analysis for delegates and journalists including expert audio highlights, capsule summaries of important clinical data, downloadable slidesets, and more.